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Mrs. Tibbetts from Rockland, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Expert Parenting Advise!

My students need positive parenting. Help our students by supporting their parents.

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My Students

We are a large elementary school on the coast of Maine. Our students do not have a lot of the basic comforts that many of us take for granted; a stable home environment, warm clothes, and three meals a day. Many are raised in single parent households, depend on seasonal incomes relating to tourism and fishing, and they move around a lot. But like students everywhere, they are eager to learn and are grateful for the opportunities and stability that school provides for them.

Each day our students come to school, looking for something to feel good about, a way to be successful and engaged.

Some are passionate about reading, for others it might be math or science. Most all of them love to be creative. In the learning commons, I teach them about stories and authors, poetry and folklore, about how information is organized and how we access it. We learn about how we can take what we've found and put it all together in a mixture of words and text, images and artwork, to help our audience understand it and to make it our own.

My Project

Our Parent Lending Library is open on Friday afternoons and includes educational board games and family weekend adventure packs. To provide additional family support, we would like to add books to our collection. We will also reach out to the public library and area organizations for their expertise.

Help us make our Parent Lending Library grow.

This selection of books includes a wide range of parenting advise. Parents can check them out and borrow them for as long as they need. We are hopeful that these books will help our parents face the challenges and mysteries of parenting.

Each week in the library we will focus on a new topic ranging from Favorite Read Alouds to Podcasts. We are hoping to build relationships and encourage family interaction with our school. We believe that good family relationships will lead to better student behaviors and more successful learners. Please help us to better support our families.

Mrs. Tibbetts South Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Rockland, ME View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

330 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition: Transforming Early Childhood Environments • Amazon Business $30.61 1 $30.61
Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children (Loose Parts Series) • Amazon Business $22.92 1 $22.92
Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder • Amazon Business $18.03 1 $18.03
Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) • Amazon Business $14.63 1 $14.63
You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Third Edition: Encouraging Your Child's Natural Development from Birth to Age Six • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting (The Peaceful Parent Series) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential • Amazon Business $14.08 1 $14.08
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded Edition • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic • Amazon Business $9.66 1 $9.66
Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Eliminating Conflict by Establishing CLEAR, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries • Amazon Business $7.70 1 $7.70
Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide (The Positive Parent Series) • Amazon Business $7.20 1 $7.20
Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn-and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50

Materials cost

$259.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$306.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.11

Total project goal

$360.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $360.72

3 Donors

-$360.72

Donations toward project cost

-$306.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.11

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